Tora Tora – Revolution Day 2011

The Revolution Day project was an interesting time for TORA TORA. It was the ’93-’94 era, we were overlapping the last embers of our Wild America dates, rehearsing ideas for the new project, growing from our touring experiences, and experimenting with recording techniques. We relocated our rehearsal space to a warehouse over by the Memphis airport, and tried to stay focused on pre-production. We were pulling together ideas from handheld cassette recorders,scribbled napkins, & 8 track recordings we made on the bus or hotel rooms. I think we were more comfortable with our creative spirits, more confident in our ideas and our approach to songwriting. All of us contributed on the former projects, but everyone was struggling for the third project to keep the TORA identity, and go somewhere new at the same time. We definately had moments of anxiety and frustation but it was all well worth it once we locked down the tunes. We were joined by The Memphis Horns as well as Susan Marshall and Stacy Plunk adding back-up vocals on two tracks. The Revolution sessions were some of our most memorable escapades, and had us back at home in Ardent, hanging with Molly’s LaCasita crew, and me personally closing down most Midtown establishments.

01 Intro_Revolution Day
02 Mississippi Voodoo Child
03 Candle And The Stone
03 Mississippi Voodoo Child
04 Blues Come Home To You
05 Time And The Tide
06 Shelter From The Rain
07 Living A World Away
08 Rescue Me
09 Little Texas
10 Memphis Soul
11 Me And You
12 Out Of The Storm

Anthony Corder – Vocals
Keith Douglas – Guitars
Patrick Francis – Bass
John Patterson – Drums

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